white mother's love, Black son's courage Thompson, Becky W. creator ebrary, Inc text bibliography Electronic books. mnu Minneapolis University of Minnesota Press c2000 2000 monographic eng

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167 p. "In 1997, Becky Thompson began parenting nine-year-old Adrian at the request of his mother, changing both of their lives forever. Mothering without a Compass is the story of Thompson's first year as the white lesbian "sudden-mother" of an African American boy. From the everyday yet sometimes overwhelming tasks of finding Adrian a school and debating the significance of action figures, to unexpected discussions about who pays whom at the sperm bank and the more complicated matters of racism, sexuality, nontraditional families, open adoption, love, and loss, Thompson gives us an absorbing and often humorous account of her experience with antiracist, multicultural parenting." "Mothering without a Compass relates a lesbian parent's struggle to help her child grow up and describes the complexities facing children who have more than one family."--BOOK JACKET. Becky Thompson. Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-[168]). Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2008. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Lesbian mothers Family relationships United States Women, White Family relationships United States African American young men Family relationships Children of gay parents Family relationships United States Mothers and sons United States HQ75.53 .T48 2000eb 306.874/3 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10151297 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10151297 CaPaEBR 000501 ebr10151297